Game



H. SEWELL.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1921.

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To all 'whom 'it may concern: y

Be it known that I, RHoDEs SEWELL, a citizen of the United States,re'siding at Banning, in the county/of Carroll'and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games, one of itsV objects being to provide aA game board over which a game piece is adapted to be moved space by space according to the number of moves designated by dice or other chance devices, the playing field on said board being divided into a number of spaces equal to the number of days in the year and certain of these'spaces being provided with designations appropriate to the season of the year to which the spaces belong and which designations affect the moves of the player.

A further object is to provide a game board having the spaces in the playing field arranged in concentric circles, there being points in the circles where'the game pieces are shifted from one circle to the other, these points being suitably designated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and' arrangement of parts and in the details of constructiony hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawingwhich is a plan view of the game board, the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference 1 designates the game board on which is outlined a circular field 2. This field is divided by concentric circles 3 into concentric series of spaces divided by radial lines as shown.

A space from which play is to be started is outlined on the board 1 outside of the playing eld, as indicated at 4 and this space is coupled to one of the spaces in the outer circular row. p

The game as illustrated is designed to bring to mind various incidents of farm life likely to occurthroughout a year and beginning with the space in the outer circular row adj acent the point of communication with l Y specificationbfteaehsreenf-@ .Patented Feb. 14., 1922. pplicat'ion led March 26, 1921,. Serial No. 455,753.

the starting space 4: the spaces in said outer row are-numbered fromY 1 to.31 to indica-te the lfdays of January and are then-successively numbered to indicatethe days of the month of February. The yremaining spaces are numbered to indicate the days of the month of March, and where the last numbered space appears in the outer circle it is coupled to the first space in the next adjoining circular series by a suitable indicator such as shown at 5. For example if the last space of the outer circle is numbered to indicate the seventh of March, the first space in the next adjoining circle will indicate the eighth of March. The spaces in the second ,circle are then dated consecutively up to the last space of said circlewhereupon another indicator 5 directs the player to the third circular row wherein the dates are continued.

This arrangement is followed throughout the ield from the periphery thereof to the center where a large space is provided containing the word"Finished and the num- Veral 31 indicating that the player reaching the central space has completed his moves and that said space represents the 31st day of YDecember or the last day of the year. The various holidays are indicated in the proper spaces and these Spaces contain data provided with suitable penalties or rewards'given the player whose game piece is brought to a stop on one of said spaces. Other selected spaces can be provided with data denoting other penalties or rewards all of which are indicated by some situation or happening likely to be met with on a farm during the different seasons of the year. Thus the playing of the game, which is effected by throwing dice or spinning a wheel to indicate the number of moves of a game piece, not only affords considerable amusement to the players but also is instructive in that it brings home forcibly to the players the nature of farm life throughout the year.

Whatis claimed is 1. In a game a game board having a playing field made up of concentric series of spaces, there being an indicator designated ontlie field between onespace of each series and the next succeeding space in the adj 0in ing series, said spaces being Ydesignated from the first space in the outer series to the last space in the inner series to indicate suc cessively the days of the year, there being the months andyear; there .being displayed designa-@ @ma f a, maar therefrom, all of the spaces from the first space inl the outermost seriesvto theinnermost spaceifon the playing field .being designated successively tofindicate the days .Of

incertain o f theV spaces penaltie'siv and re- Wards appropriate to the season of the year to which sail spaces belong, there being a space outside of the -playing field. and indicating the point of beginning, said space communicating with the irst space of thel outer series, y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as'myjown, I'liayehereto aiixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

' Witnesses: f f

JnTHRo F, JoNEs,',F J-LHOLLAND., v

r RHODES SEWELL. 

